Foreign vehicle transiting Thailand With the new laws in place from 23rd December, 2016, requiring most foreign vehicles to be assisted by an agent from a Thai tour company and have a Thai DLT permit, below are some examples of Thailand quick transit costs with a tour agent in their own vehicle. You can contact us at: [email protected] Below are estimates of a single vehicle including permit, insurance, Thai tour agent & the costs of getting the Thai tour agent to and from the borders either side of your entry/ exit . The numbers will reduce with a group spreading the … [Read more...]
13 day China motorcycle tour to the Tibet border (Part 4)
On these China motorcycle tours, some of the tunnels can be as long as 5km. Most countries have switchbacks that take you over the mountains, China, they just bore straight through them. Getting the whole China motorcycle tour group stuck in the long tunnel is always the concern. With our Yunnan, China motorcycle tours becoming so popular, the Chinese police checkpoints are no longer startled when we pull up. … [Read more...]
13 day China motorcycle tour to the Tibet border (Part 3)
A very quick China border crossing for our China motorcycle tour group It's still early in the day, we'll be able to get the motorcycles inspected early and hopefully get some km's under our belts in the afternoon. Off north into Xishuangbanna Province on the fast highway, the roads arn't too busy, this is already a great motorcycle tour. Every foreign motorcycle that arrives in China has to be safety inspected before the temporary registration is issued. The testing was more rigorous than on other China motorcycle tours we have done in the past. This … [Read more...]
13 day China motorcycle tour to the Tibet border (Part 2)
An early start leaving Laos, this China motorcycle tour is about to enter China The Laos/ China international border crossing can be extremely busy at times. If you're unlucky and clash with a Chinese car convoy it can take a while to cross into China, this time we're lucky. The Laos border control was recently upgraded and is now much quicker to cross with a motorcycle tour group. Didn't take long to get our motorcycle tour group cleared out of Laos, now the 1km ride to the China border entry to get our motorcycle tour group cleared into … [Read more...]
13 day China motorcycle tour to the Tibet border (Part 1)
12 motorcycles in total for this China motorcycle tour, jam packed full of riding and scenery everyday for 13 days, covering 4,600 km. The motorcycles we took ranged from KTM 1190 Adventure R's, right down to new Honda CB 500 F's, lightly modified for more comfortable, long distance touring. One of the most convenient things about this motorcycle tour, is that it starts and finishes in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a beautiful sophisticated, city, right in the heart of north Thailand. A very friendly motorcycle city. It's only about 4 hours riding time, including stops, to the Laos … [Read more...]
Performance enduro off road motorcycles for Thailand off road motorcycle tours
We are the ONLY motorcycle tour company in Thailand that can offer you performance off road enduro motorcycles for a motorcycle tour in Thailand. We DO NOT rent out our Thailand, performance, offroad, motorcycles. They are only available for off road motorcycles tours that we offer in Thailand, Laos & Cambodia. We can offer Yamaha WR 250f's, Suzuki DRZ 400's & even KTM 990 Adventure for off road motorcycle tours. No other motorcycle tour company in Thailand can match the enjoyment of one of our offroad motorcycle tours as we are the only motorcycle tour operator with competition grade … [Read more...]
Laos motorcycle tour to the CIA base that never existed, Long Cheng, Laos – “The most secret place on earth” (LS 20A)
This Laos motorcycle tour takes you to what might be the most special place in Laos. Riding south towards Long Cheng is on a stone and hard packed sand 4WD road. The base is pretty sandy, I can recall 3 areas of red clay with some gradient to them that would be tricky in the rain 20km North of Long Cheng and houses made of war scrap 5km away, headed south, you come around a mountain bend & there it is - The Most Secret Place On Earth! Looking south, the north end of the LS 20A runway is just the other side of those two pointed mounds 2km north of … [Read more...]
Thailand to Mongolia motorcycle tour
A wondrous Mongolia motorcycle tour through Laos, China, 6,000 km to untouched Mongolia. This is the tour itinerary next time we go, flying the motorcycles back to Bangkok, Thailand from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Day 1 Chiang Mai, Thailand / Luang Nam Tha, Laos We will cross Mekong River & enter Laos riding the curvy road to LNT Day 2 China Mohan-Jing Hong (180KM) Arrival, met by guide, clear customs, drive to Mengla. Getting licenses and push to Jing Hong. Day 3 Jing Hong - Kunming(550KM) Ride to Kunming on highway. Day 4 Kunming to Zhaotong (366KM ) Ride … [Read more...]
Laos motorcycle tour to Phonsavan, Laos – A Vietnam War scrap hunters paradise
On one of our Laos motorcycle tours, you'll see a bit of Thailand and a lot of Laos. From Thailand eastwards to Laos. The views are pretty good Interesting fish trap Headed eastwards towards Phonsavan, west of Phonsavan, some showers to make the mountains beautiful Into Phonsavan and some great Vietnam war scrap around the back of one of the hotels A free day to poke around Phonsavan the next day. The Russian-donated PT-76 tank that was obliterated by the U.S donated artillery Views over the LS 108 U.S runway just out of … [Read more...]
Ho Chi Minh Trail, Laos motorcycle tour
A Laos off road/ Laos dirt trail motorcycle tour on The Ho Chi Minh Trail is one of the most unusual and interesting offroad motorcycle tours you can do. A quick poke around west of Villabouri on the trails We come across the "HALO" NGO doing some UXO detonation Bomb vests and goggles are always worn near the UXO Everyone is cleared 400 meters, including us to detonate the UXO Iron buffalo will have to wait They showed us all the things they clear P1000815_edited by Nearly ready "Fire in the hold" - Bang!! … [Read more...]
